ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has called upon the international community—particularly the United Nations, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and the Muslim Ummah—to take immediate, decisive, and collective action to halt Israel’s ongoing aggression against the people of Gaza.
PTI Information Secretary Waqas Akram urged the world to intervene to protect Gaza’s helpless civilian population from further bloodshed, siege, and devastation.
In a statement issued here on Wednesday, he condemned the latest brutal airstrikes carried out by Israeli forces against the besieged and oppressed people of Gaza, which have resulted in the martyrdom and injury of dozens of innocent Palestinians.
He asserted that these unprovoked attacks constitute a flagrant violation of international law and fundamental human rights and represent a direct assault on the recently negotiated ceasefire as well as ongoing efforts to restore peace in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, Waqas also condemned the Adiala Jail administration and the Punjab government for what he termed their blatant contempt of the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) clear orders permitting meetings with PTI Patron-in-Chief Imran Khan.
He lamented that despite repeated court directives, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mohammad Sohail Afridi and other approved visitors were unlawfully denied access, reflecting deliberate political victimisation and utter disregard for the judiciary’s authority.
“The PTI demands that the IHC take immediate and decisive action against those responsible for defying its orders and ensure the full restoration of Imran Khan’s constitutionally guaranteed right to meet his family, legal team, and political representatives,” Waqas asserted.
He emphasised that denying the elected chief minister of a province his lawful right to consult his party leader sets a dangerous precedent that undermines both democratic governance and the rule of law.
“The PTI is filing a contempt of court petition against the jail administration’s persistent defiance of judicial orders and calls upon the judiciary to uphold its dignity and the sanctity of its rulings. The continued unlawful incarceration and isolation of the party’s founder on baseless, fabricated, and politically motivated charges must come to an end,” he added.
Waqas urged the Punjab government to end its unlawful political vendetta and ensure the unhindered continuation of biweekly meetings as ordered by the IHC.